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No sneezing, but we went to a friends place for the night to be safe. According to research and the great people of Reddit, the way it was applied willy nilly would have aerosolized the product. It's an irritant and there's instructions to call poison control, and not breathe it in, on the...

He seems fine right now. He's eating and moving around normally. I'm concerned about the longterm effects, though

My landlord COMPLETELY dusted my apartment with GreenEarth Bed Bug Killer Dust and it is EVERYWHERE. We got treated last Sunday by professional pest control and I made arrangements for Danzig at the time. My landlord messaged me the other day saying she wanted to follow up by applying bedbug...

I'm taking a break from rats once he passes, so no plans to adopt any more in the near future. He's also about 30 months old, now, and was never ever aggressive until his brother died. I guess that could still be hormonal? Or psychological? Now that there are no other rats, he's been chill all...

I came across a thread on social media where two cats, littermates, were separated when one was adopted from a pet store without the other. The one left behind was in distress so an employee wrote off a Snuggle Puppy and put it in his enclosure, and it worked for the lonely feline. The toy has a...

[All the hugs back] He really was exactly that. Thank you <3 Weirdest thing... I had a dream that I found him (in infant form) in a box with my late Lilly the night before he passed. I think she came to collect him... life is so strange. I'm so sorry, Dan [hugs] It's hard to fight that fight...

Thank you, Petunia

I got Henry during a very difficult time in my life. He was just a little baby. I didn't know he was carrying a lethal disease. He didn't know I was an addict and in a toxic relationship. We pulled through together. He was there for me - always non-judgemental, licky, bouncy and stubborn as a...

Sorry, Shelagh. Life has been crazy between this, work, personal projects, family drama... I know you already know, but just to update the thread... Henry passed away tonight. He had been on bromo since Wednesday without much noticeable improvement. My heart hurts.

He's been on pred and enrofloxacin for a week now with very little improvement :( He can eat on his own again, but he's still depressed, confused and has very limited mobility. I finally got a hold of their technician who does the special orders for medications - cab is about twice the cost of...

He's less floppy and very hungry, which is good. He's doing his best to groom himself but I've had to start giving him cloth baths - he gets mush all over his arms and neck. I'm calling the clinic today to check on the cab order. Been having a hell of a time trying to find bromo, but it's been...

Henry seems awful this morning. I heard him moving around when I woke up and checked on him. His eyes were goopy and he was having a really hard time getting around. I cleaned up his eyes and put him on my bed to change his blankets. He just seems like he's really struggling. He still tries to...

That would be amazing, thank you Shelagh! Would I get the prescription from my vet? I'm still waiting for her to call me/reply to my email.

Is there anywhere you can get cheap tile or does someone you know have extra? You can pop those suckers in the freezer and then slide them under the cage. Tile retains temperature really well and it won't melt, so no mess to clean up. You can rotate two floor tiles between the cage and the...

Thank you SQ. The vet recommended bromocriptine and is confirming medium (capsules that they'll take the powder from and mix at the clinic VS liquid) and pricing with the supplier before charging me for it. She gave me Meloxicam to try until we get that in to see if that helps in case he is also...

I don't have any experience with pituitary tumors, so of course it's Henry that gets one. He's my heart rat... He can't hold food at all anymore. As of four days ago, he doesn't even try. He'll eat softer solids (carrot, bell pepper, etc) if I hold it but with some difficulty. He has a wicked...

I am so sorry for your loss. That is devastating. It sounds like you did do everything right and whatever it was, there was little you could do to prevent it. Have you been to any pet stores or other houses with rats? Handled any rats that are not your own in the last few days/week?

Sorry for the late reply, I got swamped with projects and got hit with a nasty chest cold. He wasn't like this before he had that altercation with Henry so I didn't consider it being a hormonal problem :( . He's too old for me to feel secure about neutering him now. Thanks for the link, @jorats...

Gosh, it's been a long time since I've been here! I'm wondering if anyone has some tips on helping rats with anxiety or even PTSD. Danzig, 24 m/o male, has some interesting idiosyncrasies. He was traumatized during intros with Henry Rollins - everything was fine, it was their second intro, but...

Thanks guys Leonidas seems to have passed through phase 1 with the help of a dex shot (thank you Shelagh!) and both him and little Henry Rollins are taking the abx just fine. So fingers crossed this is the end of it...